The UW System Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 2017-18 operating budget that sets nonresident and graduate and professional school tuition rates for the coming academic year as well as rates for housing and student fees. The operating budget shows increased revenues for UW-Madison across all funds of approximately 2.5 percent. However, the approved …
A selection of news stories and opinion about the changes to tenure and shared governance contained in the state budget bill. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: UW and campus leaders search for solution to tenure tension Wisconsin State Journal: Faculty uneasy about working at UW after cuts, tenure changes Inside Higher Ed: Wisconsin Board Adopts Tenure Rules That Don’t …
After months of public debate over a $300 million proposed budget cut to the UW System in the 2015-2017 biennium, the Joint Committee on Finance Friday reduced the cut by $50 million, but also adopted significant changes to shared governance and tenure protections. The committee passed on a vote of 12-4 an omnibus motion that …
The Faculty Senate on Monday called for more study of a proposal to convert the University of Wisconsin System from a state agency to a public authority and passed a measure opposing the removal of shared governance from state statute. The Senate approved a resolution stating that it cannot support a public authority until more …
Numerous forums will take place in the coming weeks to encourage members of the UW-Madison community to provide their feedback on this proposal. In addition to forums centered on faculty and staff issues, students can voice their opinions on Monday, Feb. 23 at 6:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South. The event will be streamed.
A standing room-only crowd of more than 350 employees packed the auditorium at the Health Sciences Learning Center late Wednesday night to hear information on how the state budget would impact UW–Madison. See more …
Thursday afternoon’s budget forum with Chancellor Rebecca Blank will be webcast live and can be viewed here. The forum is from 2:30-3:30 p.m., in Varsity Hall at Union South.
In an open letter to members of the state Assembly, UW-Madison military history professor Lt. Col. John Hall speaks movingly about how his hardworking parents made sure he and his siblings could go to college. Hall cut short his successful Army career to return to Wisconsin and join the history faculty, but was disappointed to find …
The Wisconsin Idea is the principle that UW-Madison should improve lives beyond the borders of campus. Over the years, the university has expanded the scope of the Wisconsin Idea to include serving communities across the country and around the globe. Yet the core of the Wisconsin Idea is — and has always been — about …
Speaking to a joint meeting of employee governance groups Monday, UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said proposed cuts to state support would impact educational quality and jeopardize generations of taxpayer investment that have made the school a world-class university. See more …